by Dr. Burns | Nov 12, 2016 | Feeling Good™ Podcasts
In this Podcast, Dr. Burns describes his work with a severely depressed, suicidal, hospitalized woman with rapidly cycling bipolar illness, who’d had 15 years of failed treatment with drugs and psychotherapy. She was telling herself: This f___ing disease has ruined my...
by Dr. Burns | Nov 9, 2016 | Feeling Good™ Podcasts
In this Podcast, Dr. Burns describes the three basic principles of what has been called “cognitive therapy:” Negative feelings, like depression, anxiety, and anger, do not result from what happens to us, but rather from our thoughts about what’s happening. In fact,...
by Dr. Burns | Nov 6, 2016 | Feeling Good™ Podcasts
In this first “Ask David” Podcast, Dr. Burns responds to three questions submitted by listeners or visitors to his website, www.feelinggood.com: What causes an “identity crisis?” And how do you treat it? You will discover that the answer takes you in an...
by Dr. Burns | Nov 3, 2016 | Feeling Good™ Podcasts
In the last podcast, Dr. Burns described the eight most common forms of therapeutic resistance. In this episode, he describes his first session with an enraged, anxious, and severely depressed computer programmer from India who is convinced his co-workers are...
by Dr. Burns | Oct 31, 2016 | Feeling Good™ Podcasts
In this Podcast, Fabrice and David answer the question: What is therapeutic resistance? You will find out that therapeutic resistance is NOT what you were taught in graduate school or read about in the writings of Sigmund Freud! You will also discover why overcoming...
by Dr. Burns | Oct 29, 2016 | Feeling Good™ Podcasts
In this podcast, David and Fabrice explore the “Empathy” part of the T.E.A.M. model. David describes: How an encounter with a patient with paranoid schizophrenia dramatically changed the course of his career The 5 Secrets of Effective Communication How to talk with...